I kissed her, a long hard kiss. Because baby didn't know it, but baby was dead, and in a way I couldn't have loved her more.
Jim ThompsonI'd been chasing females all my life, not paying no mind to the fact that whatever's got tail at one end has teeth at the other, and now I was getting chomped.
Jim ThompsonI told her the world was full of nice people. I'd have hated to try to prove it to her, but I said it, anyway.
Jim ThompsonI found out long ago that the place where the law is apt to be abused the most is right around a courthouse.
Jim Thompson